'?s/v-aVavm/t/i/e/aVm/m/^'t, THE ONLY MEDIUM For Advertisers Desiring Colored People's Trade. Special Quotations upon Large Advertisements. tar Circulation Guaran? teed S0^Itfe tbe Favorite Means ot Communication between the BUSINESS MAN and the Con nwammr. 'Phone 935. EYERY COLORED MAN Should Have this Jour? nal in His Home. Every White flan Should be ful? ly Posted as to the Wishes of this Large Laboring Class of _the South. Sa^Tenna in advance : $1.601 per year. Sent to any part of the United States or Canada without additional charge. "fAV%f/sys\Vi\VaV9%^^,fs^ei^^ VOL. XI. NO. 49. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1895. PRICE, 5 CENTS THE PRISONERS. STIRRING SCENES IN THE COURT-ROOM. Argument Before Judge Wellford. He Reserved I. is Decision. MESSRS. WISE, GUIGON AND FLOURNOY FIGHT TIRELESSLY. THE SUPRE/1E COURT TO SAY. The Lunenburg Lawyers Apply for A Man? damus. An Adverse Decision. TH E DISC USSION IN THE CIRC UH COURT. HIS HONORS' DECISION. The County Court ol Lun?...

SATURDAY, - NOV. 23,1895. ^WASHIMGTON LETTER Stirring Times at the Capital?A Pua tling Question- Auother Bond Ii Buei *i Bight. t (From our Regular Correspondent ) Washington, D C.,Nov. 18th 1886. It set*nib odd that Washington should be so quiet with the date for the as? sembling of Congress only two weeks off, but it isn't, in the years when a new Congress assemble vv ashing on is usually in a turmoil for several week*. before Congress meets, owing to the campaign for the nomina ion of Speak er of the House This year ther* is iu> speakership campaign. It was settled when the votes cast at the Congres? sional election, last November, were oouoted that Hon. < homas B Reed,of Maine, should again be speaker of the House. Tbereremainsonly the minor offices of the House to be determined upon, and although the friends of the several gentlemen who are candidate* for each of those offices are greatly in? terested, there is no national interest felt in the good-natured contest they ar...

SATURDAY, - NOV. 23, 1895. JACKSON WARD BREVITIES. The churches were well attended on last Sunday. The funeral sermon of Mr. Thomas Wingfield was preached at the Moore St Church on last Sunday morning, which was witnessed by a large audi? ence. Death made his visits frequent in this section during this week. Among those who have fallen are Mr. John ll Greenwood and Mr. Washington kitz hugh. Yes, Washington will be heard from through Kev. Walter H. Brooks next Thursday morning at the Fifth St. Church. He will unite the City ol Seven Hills to the City of Magnificent Distances in giving thanks. Let ua give thanks. On last Saturday night, while every? thing was quiet, Mr. Henry Knight and Miss Sangue Payne "vere united ti? the sacred bonds of matrimony, th*: reception having occurred the Tues? day night previous. Ha! ha! Now they are right. The following is the brief conversa tion of an almost unredeemable ole maid and bachelor: Old Maid?Say Willie dear, is yoi goin'to the lecture, Mond...

SVTURDW, NOV. SO, 1 WASHINGTON LETTER WILL IT BE SPEAKER REED ? Few Gone: ress ia en and Senators Arrived ?Sectional Contests (.From Our Regular Correspondent ) Wasui-notos, 1> C , Nov. 25, '05. Hon rhos B Reed knows from ex peril-Mice that it is best lu in tike D*0 pre auaturt* announcement concerning lhe OvtumiUMjyrfig-ument to nieuibtrsof n_ -JdlLfiy-rttHish^ While it itt certain that Meed has alieudy assign*-d all of the old laae'tibcr* ul tin* House of Com unttees, it ia not probable that more than a di;zen nu mtiers ol the House will Know t>a certainty their own plaet-s on She committees, aaid less than that untidier the places of other member lie lore the orticial anno< ment is amide after Mr. tired has been fottaaerly elected -peaker \ r Heed will have more trouble In properly placing the new tnemliers, and will have to rely largelj upon the advice of Others, ns man J of them are entire? ly unknown tu him However he is a rare hand at correctly sizing a man, up after...

OHUROH HILL NOTES. We are glad tu note the change and valescenceof Mrs. llanuah Byrd ill at her r 1012 \Y na the rt Caroline - who has been eon lined to her residence, 3oou N 30t! .s; although a lit ?t under the careful and. efficient treatment ol l>r. R* F. Tancil. The condition of Mr. Samuel Ge ime what improved. We wish him s; Mr. Travers Ross is qui*e sick at his >io B Leigh E W* dingly tb** unlady like 'h.* lad" this vicinity ami rejoice at the nianli s of some of our young men who Mid in the def* use of a certain young indy and a r* resident on this hill. Many abuses and alts has been heaped upon i he head of this inn st young ladf by others of her uex. We art glad to know that all the young genii* io hps a spark of chivalry hai pledged the young lady their protec tion. Mr George 1 r is agent Io James Clark,dealer in wood and toa at3U>- NI St. Give him your ord Williams of 1331 M 82m is anxious that the people shoul call and examine a nice bed rooi suit**, lett in sto...

n-KDAY, - DEC. 7 WASHINGTONLETTER Sneaker BeetTs Greetiu-r?House Officer. Elected?Interesting Infortuation. (From our K* gular Correspondent.) V\ as ington, 1>. 0. Dec. 2, 1886. When Boo. thomas B. Keed of j-e., today took his stat a* Speaker Of the .louee of Repieseinainte, io the midst of the enthusiastic plaudits of hie colleegues un ihe tloor of the House and of the crowds which tilled the galleries to their full capacity, he might have been excused tor feeling proud of the honors which the repub? licans have deltghud in heaping upon him No greater honor could possi bl ? b*' given any man than for the maj ority to unanimously nominate him for Speaker, not the perfunctory *'u naniiimus" nomination which usually follows when one candidate receives a majority of votes in a caucus, over his competitor or competitor*, but a really unanimous nomination in which there was no competitor, and in which DO other candidate was either thought of or named. ? OOM! To BOT FEW MIN. In the ver...

SATURDAY, - DEC. 7, 1805. B07^H OH TUX ELDEE. A True Reformer's Oninion. Tunton. N. J , Dec. 8, 1896. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., Mj Dear Sir:?May God speed you on your journey in bringing to light the taking of the hard-earnings of mother and fathers?members of the True Reformers who have caused hun? dreds of poor children to go hungry and almost naked for the sake of swell? ing the pocket-book of Rev. W. W. Browne May God hasten the time when all men such as Browne and Oliver, ths lawyer may be cast into the sea of for getfulness where they will never ris* up against us in this world, neithei condemn us in a world to come. I am a True Reformer well burnt, G. L. Chiles. Editor Bruce Speaks Out. [Leavenworth, Kan., Herald ) The boycott ordered against th Richmond Planbt by a fellow who re ceived $50,000 for nothing reminds u of the efforts made years ago to dow Mitchell. At thst time it was s strug gie for existence with the Plah bt, and at times the sea of troubles al most engulfed Bro...

SATURDAY, - DEC. U, 1895. WASHINGTONLETTER Ths Bepublican National Oommittee Meets?Gov. MoKinley a Supporters Active?Mr. Cleveland and the Venezuelan Question?Tbe Waller Case. i From o ur Regular Correspondent ) Washington, D C, Dec 9th. 1805 The meeting of the Republican Na? tional Committee tomorrow is attract <ug more attention in Washington this week than Congress. The reason ia obvious. The Senate can transact li - tie, if any important buaineaa until the question of reorgar. izstion has bt*sn settled, snd the House can do lit tie until Speaker Reed announces the oommittee. while the National Com? mittee will decide a.Wn and where -?>_ t^<;or>v<Rji-AJA>m\V^'-?ill nominate the next president -will be held Dele? gations sre here actively working for the six cities which are competing for the honor of entertsining the conven tion. While the members'of the com? mittee are reticent on tbe subject the confidence of the Chicago contingent ia such that nearlv everybod...

III" rMl \ B, ." d c r ? SATURDAY, - DEC. 14, 1805. When I Proposed. We stood on the bridge watching the river below, When I proposed. The moon kissed her cheeks with its mellow glow, W\en I proposed; Hsr eyes black ss night looked into my own. In silent suspense, we stood there slone, The stars brighest rays on her bowed head shone, When I proposed. I know thst she loved me, I forgot all the world, When I proposed, Like the song, for me, "there was on? ly one girl," When I proposed, Ths moon kissed our heads on the bridge so grim, The stars reflected in the river dim. Her sweet answer was "yes, I love you,Jim," When I proposed. There have been happy nights on the bridge o'er the ses, Sines, when I proposed, But none will e'er be happy to me, As i when I proposed, The moon still has its cold mellow fsce, And nightly, hold lovers no doubt in embrace, "No," sorrow, "yes," joy in the sam? old place, Where I proposed. Jambs M. Harbison, Norfolk, Va, Dec. 7,'95. WEST END NOTES. Just outs...

JMls SATURDAY, - DEC. 21, 18 MITCHELL SPEAKS. HE ADDRESSES A LARGE AUDIENCE IN PHILA? DELPHIA. Lynch-law in the South. The lunenburg Casu Ex j tlnin ff /. HON JOHN 8. DURHAM PRESIDED. Goveraor OTerrall Commended. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 13, '95. The Union Baptist Church, Rev.L. Q. Jordan, pastor was comfortably Biled last night. The occasion was a lecture by Mr. John Mitchell. Jr , edi itor of the Richmond. Va., Planet tin rh.- rostrum in addition to Mr Mitchell were Hon John S. Durham exminister to Haiti. Mr C. H. Brooks <?rand Worthy Secretary of the (; O. of (Md Fellows, kev Alexander Nordon, Re* ti I, p Paliaferro and Prof W F Johnson of Brooklyn THE OFFICERS OK THE KVEN Rev. L Gi Jordan introduced Hon John S. Durham as the presiding offi? cer of the evening. He gave a brief review of the leader? ship which had existed among the col? ored people since the war. spoke of the adverse conditions under which the race in this country had labored and declared that the very condition...

^\*~ SATURDAY, - DEC. 21, 1895. LAWYER JONES PLEA COLOR LINE IS JURIES. AN INTERESTING CASE TO BE SHORTLY HEARD IN THE SU? PREME COURT. The Point Raised That White Men Are Exclusively Drawn on Grand and Petit Juries in the South. Washington, D. C. Evening Star,] [October 31,1896.1 Upon invitation of some of the color ed citizens here Lawyer cornelius J. Jones of Mississippi addressed a large audience last mgm iu the Vermont Avenue baptist onureh. The object of the meeting waa tu lay before the colored people of the city the merits of the case of Jehu Gibson aud Char? ley Smith against the state of Missis? sippi, which it is expected will be call ed up in the Supreme Court at no dis? tant date. Much interest, is being man? ifested in the case, nos* only uy the colored people here, but turoughout the south generally, as it involves the question oi colored men serving on ju ties in the south. THE PLAINTIFFS. Both of the plaintiffs are colored men and have been turee times con? victed b...